crier

Example Sentences

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“I’m not a big crier, but I just lost it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

He continued dance-walking down the long city block, the time-traveling Black town crier was waking up all those who would listen.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025

A town crier will read a proclamation at Enniskillen Castle from 08:00, with a service held at St Macartin’s Cathedral at 20:00.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

Then, interrupting herself midsentence and cutting her speech short, she got in the best one-liner of the night before rushing off the stage: “I’m not an attractive crier — have a good evening!”

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

The crier unslung and pegged the shining harp and, taking Demodokos’s hand, led him along with all the rest—Phaiakian peers, gay amateurs of the great games.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer